Amy Boy Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name Amy has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Amy

Use of the Name Amy for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

650

650

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Amy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Amy

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

108

168

1881

118

145

1882

111

197

1883

110

209

1884

123

205

1885

112

240

1886

125

227

1887

120

251

1888

140

236

1889

137

252

1890

135

275

1891

135

266

1892

131

331

1893

146

281

1894

132

329

1895

147

303

1896

147

320

1897

148

315

1898

146

341

1899

159

281

1900

165

335

1901

179

244

1902

181

255

1903

188

242

1904

188

255

1905

186

269

1906

198

240

1907

207

246

1908

217

245

1909

229

244

1910

225

287

1911

230

294

1912

235

369

1913

246

387

1914

244

471

1915

239

623

1916

248

594

1917

253

610

1918

264

572

1919

258

610

1920

263

623

1921

267

618

1922

263

613

1923

264

596

1924

267

602

1925

281

564

1926

300

491

1927

316

447

1928

356

367

1929

353

342

1930

331

388

1931

344

344

1932

342

343

1933

363

303

1934

350

324

1935

355

324

1936

341

335

1937

354

327

1938

338

354

1939

326

366

1940

324

385

1941

320

420

1942

319

474

1943

326

466

1944

318

449

1945

328

439

1946

327

522

1947

331

570

1948

311

611

1949

237

986

1950

218

1,184

1951

200

1,443

1952

175

1,754

1953

151

2,304

1954

139

2,670

1955

134

3,193

1956

122

3,551

1957

114

4,077

1958

97

4,819

1959

85

5,582

1960

78

5,967

1961

68

6,611

1962

61

7,173

1963

54

8,224

1964

44

9,572

1965

35

11,528

1966

30

12,991

1967

12

16,131

1968

13

17,083

1969

934

67

6

21,461

1970

5

25,205

1971

939

75

5

26,228

1972

949

72

5

25,858

1973

855

86

2

26,961

1974

834

93

2

29,560

1975

877

89

2

32,234

1976

856

94

2

31,337

1977

998

74

3

26,711

1978

4

23,212

1979

5

21,611

1980

8

19,823

1981

6

20,329

1982

10

18,775

1983

12

17,085

1984

13

15,977

1985

20

14,418

1986

22

13,441

1987

24

11,781

1988

29

10,017

1989

35

8,911

1990

38

8,456

1991

43

7,271

1992

51

6,335

1993

65

5,420

1994

77

4,687

1995

76

4,523

1996

88

4,067

1997

92

3,686

1998

96

3,478

1999

105

3,198

2000

107

3,155

2001

114

2,920

2002

109

3,077

2003

119

2,852

2004

106

3,073

Totals:

650

659,547

During the last 125 years, parents have used Amy as a boy's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Amy appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 8 times during the last 125 years.